Jennifer Budd is an award winning fibre artist who creates out of her attic wool studio from her home in Paris, Ontario. Jennifer has been creating art with wool and silk since 2009. Her work is described as Woolscapes as they are landscapes made from wool. She also creates felted flower paintings. Jennifer’s work is now available as digital reproductions on cushion covers and other items.
Handcrafted in Canada & One Of A Kind
Jennifer utilizes the ancient art of felting to create felted paintings. Wool, silk and thread come together through the process of wet felting, needle felting and embroidery to make a felted painting. All Woolscapes are unique.
Exhibits And Workshops
Jennifer has exhibited her work in group shows, solo exhibitions and juried events in Scotland and in Canada. She was the recipient of a Jurors' Choice Award from the Woodstock Art Gallery Annual Juried Exhibition in 2020. Her work is in private collections throughout the world. Jennifer has facilitated felting workshops in the Shetland Islands, Scotland and in Ontario.
Memories Of Home
Jennifer was born in Scotland. Early memories are of painting flowers and landscapes with her Granny Smith at the family farm in rural Perthshire. Jennifer holds a deep love for Scotland. Her work is inspired by the natural beauty of the Scottish landscape.
Woolscapes
Jennifer Budd is an award winning fibre artist who creates out of her attic wool studio from her home in Paris, Ontario. Jennifer has been creating art with wool and silk since 2009. Her work is described as Woolscapes as they are landscapes made from wool. She also creates felted flower paintings. Jennifer’s work is now available as digital reproductions on cushion covers and other items.
Handcrafted in Canada & One Of A Kind
Jennifer utilizes the ancient art of felting to create felted paintings. Wool, silk and thread come together through the process of wet felting, needle felting and embroidery to make a felted painting. All Woolscapes are unique.
Exhibits And Workshops
Jennifer has exhibited her work in group shows, solo exhibitions and juried events in Scotland and in Canada. She was the recipient of a Jurors' Choice Award from the Woodstock Art Gallery Annual Juried Exhibition in 2020. Her work is in private collections throughout the world. Jennifer has facilitated felting workshops in the Shetland Islands, Scotland and in Ontario.
Memories Of Home
Jennifer was born in Scotland. Early memories are of painting flowers and landscapes with her Granny Smith at the family farm in rural Perthshire. Jennifer holds a deep love for Scotland. Her work is inspired by the natural beauty of the Scottish landscape.
Posy Collection
Jennifer’s love of flowers is reflected in her floral felted paintings.
Posies are wet felted using merino wool. Needle felting, free motion machine embroidery and hand stitching are used to embellish each piece.
The Process Of Felting
Jennifer employs four different techniques when creating a woolscape and she continues to explore and experiment with the medium. Felting is an ancient art utilizing the natural properties of wool fibres to bind together. Jennifer uses two felting techniques in her work. Needle felting and wet felting.
In the needle felting process, wool fibres are attached to a fabric base using a special barbed felting needle. Jennifer uses this process to create felted images and wearable art in the form of brooches.
Wet felting is a process that involves manipulating wool and silk fibres using hot water, soap and a bamboo mat.
Once Jennifer completes a felted painting using either or both of the techniques described above, she then embellishes the Woolscape with embroidery and there are two types of embroidery that she enjoys.
Free motion embroidery is done with a special presser foot on the sewing machine that allows Jennifer to draw with her stitches. This process allows for free flowing design and line work.
Hand embroidery is slower, but very satisfying. Jennifer’s Mum taught her how to embroider when she was a little girl recovering from an illness that required bed rest. Embroidery became therapeutic to her. Jennifer continues to find hand stitching to be relaxing and meditative.
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